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• Wear a tube roundel on your Adidas trainers

  28-11-2018 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Following on from a special edition set of trainers last month, Adidas has launched an entire range of London Underground themed trainers.There are two ranges, one collection with a lot of purple for a certain Elizabeth line, and a more subdued range of white and grey trainers with the other tube logos on them.
  Every pair of the standard range has two of the 12 different underground roundels in the heel, along with suitable colours along the lines. In fitting with fashion, the shoes are mismatch
  
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• Google’s MVNO is here to stay

  28-11-2018 19:14
  After launching the MVNO service in 2015, Project Fi has trundled along without any real fanfare, but a rebrand of the service suggests it might get a bit more attention over the coming months.
  It has become somewhat of a rite of passage for Google, but dropping the ‘Project’ part of the name is a sign the service or product has graduated out of the labs. Loon had the ‘Project’ label dropped a couple of months back, and now it’s starting to look like a genuine busin
  
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• Zuckerberg absent again; Facebook doesn’t seem to want to help itself

  28-11-2018 16:54
  Facebook is a company which is consistently under fire for a rap sheet which seems to longer with each passing day, but you have to wonder why it seems to be constantly compounding the problem by irritating lawmakers.
  A picture speaks a thousand words, and the tweet below is giving a very simple message to the world; Facebook is bigger and more important than your feeble politicians.9 countries.24 official representatives.447 million people represented.
  One question: where is Mark Zuckerberg? pi
  
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• LG hands TV boss keys to the mobile business

  28-11-2018 15:41
  LG has announced the President of its profitable Home Entertainment business will also be taking the struggling Mobile Communications unit under his wing.
  Brian Kwon, currently president of LG’s Home Entertainment Company, will assume control of the Mobile Communications business, tasked with turning the profit-allergic unit into a world beater. While it might seem like somewhat of a daunting task, the LG management team has pointed towards his success in turning the TV, audio and PC busin
  
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• IDATE Report Highlights The Challenges Ahead In Connecting Everyone

  28-11-2018 15:00
  28 November 2018 (Sydney): The new Connecting Everyone report from French research company IDATE has revealed the real-world challenges in building universal Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) coverage, leaving a massive opportunity for ultra-fast Gfast and Fixed Wireless technology to deliver high-speed broadband.Released at the IDATE DigiWorld Summit in Paris overnight, Connecting Everyone revealed that in the total serviceable global Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) and FTTH market of about 670 million pre
  
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• Zylpha Signs With DocuSign

  28-11-2018 13:05
  Leading UK legal systems innovator Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with DocuSign. Under the terms of the agreement, Zylpha will offer DocuSign’s eSignature systems to Visualfiles and iManage users, alongside it’s widely acclaimed bundling technology. DocuSign allows legal documents to be signed with just a simple click anywhere, anytime from any web enabled device. With DocuSign, users eliminate postal delays and risks, boost compliance and future
  
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• Nokia and StarHub boast of completed 5G NR trial Singapore

  28-11-2018 12:46
  Nokia and the Singapore mobile operator StarHub conducted an outdoor pilot of both industrial and consumer use cases on 5G New Radio (NR).
  The two companies made another claim for Singapore’s “5G first” drive with this outdoor 3GPP compliant trial on 3.5 GHz. Two use cases were demonstrated to their staff, industry partners, and enterprise customers. The first one for industry was a simulated manufacturing environment, where businesses can use 5G-based video analytics to optimi
  
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• Nokia and StarHub boast of completed 5G NR trial in Singapore

  28-11-2018 12:46
  Nokia and the Singapore mobile operator StarHub conducted an outdoor pilot of both industrial and consumer use cases on 5G New Radio (NR).
  The two companies made another claim for Singapore’s “5G first” drive with this outdoor 3GPP compliant trial on 3.5 GHz. Two use cases were demonstrated to their staff, industry partners, and enterprise customers. The first one for industry was a simulated manufacturing environment, where businesses can use 5G-based video analytics to optimi
  
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• Sprint partners with Qualcomm and HTC on new 5G device

  28-11-2018 12:44
  Sprint has announced a new partnership with Qualcomm and HTC to develop a mobile ‘smart hub’ that will run on 5G next year.
  Details are relatively thin for the moment, though the term ‘smart hub’ perhaps suggests it will be some form of mobile hot spot. This is the second 5G-specific partnership Sprint has announced in the devices realm, after partnering with LG to develop a 5G-compatible smartphone for its in-progress network. This device might be one of the first to rea
  
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• New Zealand joins the march against Huawei

  28-11-2018 11:45
  Kiwi telco Spark has had an application to incorporate Huawei’s radio access network (RAN) equipment in its 5G infrastructure plans slapped down over security concerns.
  The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has quoted the Telecommunications Interception Capability and Security Act (TICSA) as the grounds for rejecting Spark’s application to include Huawei equipment in its 5G infrastructure, suggesting this might be another country which will be shutting the door co
  
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• HSL Mobile to be acquired by LINK Mobility Group AS

  28-11-2018 11:00
  Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – November, 28th, 2018 Hay Systems Ltd (“HSL Mobile”), a leading provider of SMS mobile messaging services, have today announced that an agreement has been reached with LINK Mobility Group AS (“LINK”) for the acquisition of the company.Having been established in 1999, HSL Mobile have built a strong reputation within the industry providing highly reliable mobile messaging services to organisations throughout the UK and to the rest of the world
  
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• Netherlands falls to three MNOs as Europe approves T-Mobile/Tele2 deal

  28-11-2018 10:58
  The European Commission has officially approved Deutsche Telekom’s acquisition of Tele2’s Dutch business, reducing the number of MNOs in the country from four to three.
  For many through the continent this will be seen as progress, as the European Commission has previously viewed reducing the number of MNOs in a single market below four as sacrilege. With telcos across Europe looking for ways to justify the vast expenditures expected for 5G and the full-fibre diets demanding by govern
  
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• New Zealand blocks Huawei 5G bid on security fears

  28-11-2018 08:25
  Latest sign of growing western unease over links to Chinese government
  
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• London public art: The Paternoster Square sundial

  28-11-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s quite easy to miss for such a large object, but high up on the wall of the Stock Exchange building is a giant sundial.
  It’s however a curious device, for it tells the time by the day and month, not the hour.If you are there around noon on one of those rare sunny days, then a shadow of the arm, topped with a round disc will form on the carved analemma in the stone, and show you what month you are in.
  For about 36 years (not far short of the design life of the building) the declin
  
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• MYCOM OSI acquired to accelerate cloud-based service assurance leadership

  28-11-2018 07:00
  Leading private equity firm Inflexion invests in market leader of emerging cloud-based telecom operations management marketLONDON, UK – 28th November 2018 – MYCOM OSI, the Assurance Cloud Company™ and leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that it has been acquired by leading private equity firm Inflexion, to fuel its growth and capitalize on its leadersh
  
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• Zuckerberg snubs investigators over Facebook's data handling

  28-11-2018 01:00
  An international, cross party select committee investigating Facebook's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal has expressed its dismay that Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, chose not to attend a recent hearing in the UK parliament…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• TIM, Ericsson and Qualcomm complete Italy's first 5G call

  28-11-2018 01:00
  Telecom Italia (TIM), Ericsson and chip manufacturer Qualcomm have successfully completed Italy's first 5G call using a prototype 5G handset, according to a company announcement. The call was conducted at TIM's research and development lab in Turin…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Third Filipino telco to match Globe and Smart within 3 years

  28-11-2018 01:00
   The Philippines' newly launched telco, Mislatel, has pledged to match the coverage provided by its rivals Globe and Smart within three years.
  The new company, formed as a joint venture between China Telecom and Filipino business tycoon Dennis Uy…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telcos must overcome unconscious bias to improve workforce diversity

  28-11-2018 01:00
  Improving gender diversity in senior management positions is a topic that should be at the top of boardroom agendas across the telecoms sector.While some telcos have taken admirable strides towards improving levels of diversity, a recent report highlighted the difficult situation that the industry still finds itself in.  Of the top 100 executives cited in the industry, only three were women.Against this backdrop, we met with Michel to find out how the industry can begin to redress the bala
  
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• Huawei ready to work with New Zealand regulators on 5G fears

  28-11-2018 01:00
  Huawei has said that it will work hand in hand with New Zealand's telecoms regulators to allay any fears they may have around the security of its 5G national infrastructure.
  The announcement came after the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) declined Spark's proposal to use Huawei's network equipment in its 5G rollout plans…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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